AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Core Ultra 5 225H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D performs better than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 225H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.